{"product_id":"the-locomotives-railway-and-history-1915-1920-of-national-shell-filling-factory-no-6-chilwell-nottinghamshire-9781912995257","title":"The Locomotives Railway and History 1915-1920 of National Shell Filling Factory No.6 Chilwell NottinghamshireHereford (Copy)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow in Stock\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter the success of “The Railway. Locomotives and History 1916-1919 of the H.M.E.F. Stratton Swindon”, published by the IRS in 2023, the author decided to explore another important WW1 factory among the many that were hurriedly assembled to cope with the ever-growing need for shells and explosives. Chosen for his second book, was the new shell filling factory constructed in Herefordshire. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuoyed by the success of the second book, along with the availability of a huge amount of archive material, the author embarked on his third and final book looking at WW1 installations. Taking a slightly different approach to before, several chapters are far more pictorial taking on board many of the huge number of images held by the Imperial War Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe shell filling facility at Chilwell on the outskirts of the great city of Nottingham was the largest of its kind and boasted a varied fleet of locomotives to service the endless sidings on the site which was adjacent to (and connected to) the Midland line from Trent Junction up to Nottingham. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduction at the site was severely hampered by an explosion on the evening of 1 July 1918 when around eight tons of high explosives were somehow ignited. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ewith events such as this, the story of Chilwell is indeed an interesting one\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftback, 134 pages, over 100 photographs\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Industrial Railway Society","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":58490107134335,"sku":"9781912995257","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1910\/7111\/files\/9781912995257.jpg?v=1790090579","url":"https:\/\/rail-books.co.uk\/products\/the-locomotives-railway-and-history-1915-1920-of-national-shell-filling-factory-no-6-chilwell-nottinghamshire-9781912995257","provider":"Rail Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}